IMPLEMENTING MANAGEMENT FOR PERFORMANCE AND RELATED REFORMS TO OBTAIN VALUE IN EVERY ACQUISITION ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 5013), H2960, H2968, H2969, H2970, H2971, H2972, H2973, H2974, H2975, H2976, H2978, H2979, H2980, H2981, H2985 [28AP]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 5013): consideration (see H. Res. 1300), H2935 [27AP]
Letters
Provisions: Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2955 [28AP]
———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H2955 [28AP]
———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H2955 [28AP]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 5013), H2983 [28AP]
Remarks in House
Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt, H2959 [28AP]
Dept. of Defense: assess contractor performance involving small business concerns owned by women, veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged, and service-disabled individuals as subcontractors, H2972, H2973 [28AP]
———assist servicemembers in training and education, E730 [3MY]
———clarify that program to expand use of non-traditional suppliers and manufactuers should limit contracts to companies that are within the national technology and industrial base, H2973 [28AP]
———direct Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to report on the independence of program cost estimators for major defense acquisitions programs, H2974, H2975 [28AP]
———engage in outreach to businesses in the vicinity of defense installations to notify them of contract opportunities, H2971, H2972 [28AP]
———ensure full compliance with the Buy American Act, domestic preference in defense acquisition procurement, and U.S. labor standards, H2981, H2982 [28AP]
———establish incentives to achieve clean audit opinions on financial statements, H2958 [28AP]
———establish Industrial Base Council and Industrial Base Fund, H2976, H2977 [28AP]
———include energy efficiency as a criteria for performance assessment of defense acquisitions, H2974 [28AP]
———include market research strategies in acquisition personnel training courses, H2978 [28AP]
———prohibit restriction of public-private competition requirements in defense acquisition system, H2969, H2970 [28AP]
———prohibit use of contracts for personal services to hire senior mentors, H2975, H2976 [28AP]
———provide savings on existing contracts for nondevelopmental items by allowing contract officers to opt for more efficient proposals as long as it does not breach existing contracts, H2979 [28AP]
———report additional costs in health care contracts to comply with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2984 [28AP]
———require annual performance assessment report on defense acquisition system, H2970, H2971 [28AP]
———require cost or price be given at least equal importance as technical or other criteria in evaluating competitive proposals for Federal contracts, H2980, H2981 [28AP]
———require report on impact of titanium on domestic industrial base, H2968, H2969 [28AP]
———support diversity in acquisition workforce development program, H2970 [28AP]
Enact (H.R. 5013), H2954-H2986, H2988 [28AP], E707 [29AP], E730 [3MY], E742 [4MY], E748 [5MY]
———consideration (H. Res. 1300), H2952-H2954 [28AP]
———motion to recommit, H2984 [28AP]
GAO: study Armed Forces clothing allowance requirements list and determine if there is sufficient U.S. production of such items to adequately supply Armed Forces members, H2979, H2980 [28AP]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 5013, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1300) (H. Rept. 111-467), H2935 [27AP]
Provisions: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 111-465), H2876 [26AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 1300, consideration of H.R. 5013, provisions, H2952 [28AP]